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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:30 PM Original message |
Does anyone know why Pelosi is in Congress and in Leadership? |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's right there |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I'll write it for you.... |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gee and I thought it was because she got the most votes |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Votes don't count for the elite. They think the people don't know what |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They were deceived. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. God |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. "There's nothing Republican about her. " |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. she's a solid liberal |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Uh hugh. Oh sure. Gee thanks for that fucking news. Yeppers. Right. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. She is |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. You're no monkeyman! |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. No she's not. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. She is an old-school machine Democrat who is as liberal as her wealthy urban constituents |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You thought wrong. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Doesn't explain her election to leadership |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Fundraising was the reason given at the time |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. She could have been the first female President |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. For real, I felt the exact same way before I saw he in action for the last year. |
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aldo (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because she's a Republican mole |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. That is one of the key questions that needs to be answered. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. it's so strange to me, this Pelosi hatred from the whacko left |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. You have lost your mind or haven't been paying attention! |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. do you ever post anything that's worth reading? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I'm not leftist, I'm a (perhaps radical?) populist. I look at results. Who benefits? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. delete - wrong place |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Dooga, dooga, dooga? |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
46. she even got rare kudos from Chomsky |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. But, Pelosi's a Dem and Cindy is evil for questioning her |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's not that Pelosi isn't a fighter. But wealthy urban Dems have other priorities than FDR Dems. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. Any insight on Reid's background? Even though I am afraid to ask |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I know he's another machine politician |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Funny: As a kid, I asked my dad (Prof. of P.S.) if he wanted to be President. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Morman. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. You know how politics works, right? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. After Rose Garden Gephardt and facing Harold DLC Ford, she looked good...at the time. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. the claim that Pelosi was "not involved in politics at all" until she got married is totally bogus |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. All this does not strike you as either (a) extremely unusual or (b) an incestuous affluent clique |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. "Carpetbagger"? |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R n/t |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
36. Because she covers up Bush crimes while bashing MoveOn.org? |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
37. Because she's and ignorant elitist, and that qualifies you for the job evidently. n/t |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
38. Because of the wealth, power and privilege. feeling better than those filthy vagrants on the street |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
39. All The Heat At Pelosi...So Little At Hoyer |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Interesting thoughts. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
41. Her stated views differ from *'s... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
42. "Impeachment is off the table" speaks volumes |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
44. Because Democrats too often seem to pass over better people |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
45. she's in Congress because her district voted for her |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
47. Hmmm, there are three main reasons why Pelosi leads |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
49. She is in Congress because the voters have elected her ten times |
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